After reading the ...the average woman loses about 5 lbs. of muscle every decade of her adult life. In addition, she adds about 15 pounds of fat every decade of her adult life. This results in a 10-pound weight gain every 10 years, disguising the facts that 5 pounds of muscle have been lost and that 15 pounds of fat have been gained.
Unfortunately, what the scale shows as a 10-pound weight gain is extremely misleading. Most people interpret this as a 10-pound problem, when in fact it represents a 20-pound problem. Rather than adding 10 pounds of fat, as indicated by the scale, you have actually gained 15 founds of fat. Worse yet, the underlying cause of your fat gain is a 5-pound muscle loss. When you combine 15 pounds more fat and 5 pounds less muscle, you experience a 20-pound change in body composition, all in the wrong direction.
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Wow...I am glad you posted this. Thanks
So the book is worth getting? Seems like it...Journal
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Somegirl,
I've just started reading the book ... I'll let you know as I get a little further into it whether or not it's one to recommend.
So far, however, I am impressed. The increase muscle mass ... lose excess fat ... eat sensibly.
This book stresses that in order to rid yourself of mmh/product/beauty/cellulite/index.vm?procid=13&catid=789" target=_blank>cellulite (which ... by the way ... is nothing more than lots of old fashioned FAT lmmh/product/beauty/ayer/index.vm?procid=13&catid=642" target=_blank>ayered over diminished muscle tissue) ... you need to re-build lost muscle (women typically lose 5 lbs. of muscle each decade after 20) -- then work towards building additional muscle in order smooth out the cottage-cheese appearance. The bonus is that by increasing the amount of muscle tissue, you also raise metabolism - which (as most people know) will allow you to EAT (sensibly) w/o adding lbs.
As you might have guessed ...this book really focuses on strength training (weight training) to build muscle. Although endurance training (i.e. cardio) is highly recommended (in addition to strenth training) ... it is noted that endurance training burns fat (which is a good thing) -- however, it doesn't build muscle like strength training does.
What it all boils down to for me is that, if I believe it what this book says ... I'm going to have to join a gym in order to get a good nautilus workout (sigh) in addition to fat-burning cardio.
DebbyDee
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